Daily Mail mediation and cognitive disonance

3. Example of cognitive dissonance in the Daily Mail
Friday, 15 May 2020 Wednesday, 1 February 2023

4. Daily Mail front cover Friday, 15 May 2020 Original image
Example of mediation in the Daily Mail

5. Task
• Analyse the process of mediation in the previous example, explaining
the different stages of selection, focusing and organisation. What are
the denotations and connotations that we can conclude from this
process of mediation?
• Analyse the example of cognitive dissonance in the previous
example, explaining the potential ideological reasons for the
discrepancy in the representation of teachers.
• Analyse the representation of trade unions in the Daily Mail (Point,
evidence, example, analysis, conclusion) explaining the potential
ideological reasons for the misrepresentation of trade unions.